Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ACCRETION  55e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1517nw
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  21s
CONVECTION  1811n
CONVERGENT  46s
CORE  520n
CRUST  21e
DENSITY  1616n
DIVEREGENT  1120ne
ISLANDARC  220n
LITHOSPHERE  610s
MANTLE  151s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  120e
OCEANIC  711se
PALEOMAGNETISM  201w
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  14s
PLATETECTONICS  15s
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  920n
STRAOVOLCANO  77s
SUBDUCTION  132w
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  56se
THERRMAL  33e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  157s